Meeting Notes - Audit and Process Review Does Your District Need a Technology Audit? by Howard Pitler, EdD, the Senior Director of Educational Technology at Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL). Learning & Leading with Technology | April 2007
"The tech audit is a prime example of data-driven decision making and how appropriate research and evaluation tools can be used to provide useful information for district planning."
Links in the Chain - a powerpoint produced in January, 2008 summarizing the findings of "The IT Study Group" which was comprised of about 40 teachers, technologist and business leaders in our community who were invited by Dr Pastel to meet during the Fall of 2007. During that time the IT Study Group reviewed the history, the challenges & the successes of technology development in Ithaca schools. Ithaca stakeholders confirmed their vision that the greatest impact on student learning is achieved when trained teachers can confidently use technology to teach curriculum. Today technology fluency varies widely between students, teachers and staff, and meeting the challenge of educating everyone is critical if we are to achieve the full benefits of technology. Stakeholders recognize that like modern instruction, modern school operations are also now almost completely dependent upon technology. Ithaca district stakeholders have made a handful of recommendations to the Board and to the community at large on where the district should focus resources to maximize student benefits. This presentation is a review of those recommendations as well as a review of the projected cost-impact of fulfilling those recommendations.
|K-12 technology audit: Lessons for school leaders by Robert Hannafin, International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning, Vol. 12, 2008.
"Measuring technology integration is an inexact business. What are we measuring? How do we define and to whom do we compare technology integration?" This article explains the process of an audit in a school district.
I particularly like the six essential conditions for effective use of technology. (added by Jennifer Groff, 11-28-09)
MILE Guide for 21st century skills This guide, available for download, includes an assessment tool. There is also an online assessment based on an earlier version of the guide. (added by Jennifer Groff 11-28-09)
Stakeholder Surveys
Meeting Notes - Audit and Process Review
Does Your District Need a Technology Audit? by Howard Pitler, EdD, the Senior Director of Educational Technology at Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL). Learning & Leading with Technology | April 2007
"The tech audit is a prime example of data-driven decision making and how appropriate research and evaluation tools can be used to provide useful information for district planning."
"York Auditorium Rehabilitation Survey" (March 2009)
"Review of the NYS Controller Audit Reports concerning School District IT" by Mike Lanckton, Union Free School District (March 2009)
Links in the Chain - a powerpoint produced in January, 2008 summarizing the findings of "The IT Study Group" which was comprised of about 40 teachers, technologist and business leaders in our community who were invited by Dr Pastel to meet during the Fall of 2007. During that time the IT Study Group reviewed the history, the challenges & the successes of technology development in Ithaca schools. Ithaca stakeholders confirmed their vision that the greatest impact on student learning is achieved when trained teachers can confidently use technology to teach curriculum. Today technology fluency varies widely between students, teachers and staff, and meeting the challenge of educating everyone is critical if we are to achieve the full benefits of technology. Stakeholders recognize that like modern instruction, modern school operations are also now almost completely dependent upon technology. Ithaca district stakeholders have made a handful of recommendations to the Board and to the community at large on where the district should focus resources to maximize student benefits. This presentation is a review of those recommendations as well as a review of the projected cost-impact of fulfilling those recommendations.
ICSD Technology Audit - March 2007
|K-12 technology audit: Lessons for school leaders by Robert Hannafin, International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning, Vol. 12, 2008.
"Measuring technology integration is an inexact business. What are we measuring? How do we define and to whom do we compare technology integration?" This article explains the process of an audit in a school district.
I particularly like the six essential conditions for effective use of technology. (added by Jennifer Groff, 11-28-09)
MILE Guide for 21st century skills This guide, available for download, includes an assessment tool. There is also an online assessment based on an earlier version of the guide. (added by Jennifer Groff 11-28-09)
Statistics on Districts from the National Center for Educational Statistics